Page 112 - THE JUNGLE BOOK

The Jungle Book

Through the night, through the hot night,
run swiftly with me, my
brothers. We will leave the lights of the
village and go to
the low moon.

Waters of the Waingunga, the Man-Pack
have cast me out. I did
them no harm, but they were afraid of me.
Why?

Wolf Pack, ye have cast me out too. The
jungle is shut to me and
the village gates are shut. Why?

As Mang flies between the beasts and birds,
so fly I between the
village and the jungle. Why?

I dance on the hide of Shere Khan, but my
heart is very heavy. My
mouth is cut and wounded with the stones
from the village, but
my heart is very light, because I have come
back to the jungle.
Why?

These two things fight together in me as
the snakes fight in the

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